Anita Sarkeesian, Welfare Queen

Wikipedia defines welfare queen as a pejorative phrase used in the United States to refer to people, usually women, who are accused of collecting excessive welfare payments through fraud or manipulation. I wouldn't describe Anita's efforts as fraud, but they are certainly manipulative. Since her organization, Feminist Frequency, is a 501(c)3 non profit charity, she can draw a salary and pay employees out of donations.

And all those donations are tax exempt, thanks to the tax code.

I'm not faulting Sarkeesian here, only noting that she is responding to incentives. Just like the mythical welfare queen who isn't legally married, yet keeps popping out kids, because it pays well. Sarkeesian keeps popping out videos, because they pay well. They pay well because the government considers her organization educational, and worthy of tax subsidies.

Somebody once said it you want less of something, tax it, and if you want more of something, subsidize it. Therefore, Feminist Frequency videos complaining about sexist LEGO toys and misogynist video games will never end.

All of this 'spending through the tax code' creates distortions in the economy. Every single one should be torn down and done away with. The mortgage tax deduction mostly benefits upper-income taxpayers and owners of multiple properties. I'm in favor of encouraging deductions for charitable spending, but outside of the tax code. And the deduction for health insurance purchases by corporations is how we got Obamacare in the first place.

Feminist Frequency can say whatever they want to say. What they do is protected speech. Same goes for Planned Parenthood and their 501(c)3, Planned Parenthood Action Fund. They can say whatever they want, but please don't tell me it's not political. They have been saying for years that the "personal is political." The modes of production for FemFreq and PPAF are similar. They both produce abortions. Let them pay their own way.